Governor Hyogo / Ido announces retirement for this term 5 terms 20 years

Hyogo Prefecture of Toshizō Ido governor (75) is 11 days, without running for governor election, which is scheduled for next summer, expressed in when you retire as far as the current fiscal year Prefectural Assembly plenary session. He has served for five terms since the first election in 2001, and has played a leading role in the recovery from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake .

　Governor Ido is from Shingu Town (now Tatsuno City ). Joined the former Ministry of Home Affairs in 1968 . In 1996, the year after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, he served as deputy governor from the former Deputy Minister's Secretariat of the Ministry of Home Affairs . The late former governor Toshitami Kaihara resigned in the middle of his term and was elected for the first time in the 2001 governor's election.

　In the recovery and reconstruction of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake , 1.3 trillion yen was covered by prefectural bonds, which forced strict financial management. With abundant administrative experience, he worked on administrative and financial reforms such as reducing staff by 30% from 2008.

　He also served as the head of the nation's first wide-area union " Kansai Wide- area Union", which was established in 2010, for 10 years, and retired this month.

Source: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASNDC3RXGNDCPIHB00G.html